Mnet’s Street World Fighter Directors War has heightened anticipation for its grand finale by announcing a series of special performance stages exclusively for the live final broadcast.
Airing live at 10 PM on the 20th, the final round of ‘Street World Fighter Directors War’ (hereafter ‘SDPA’) will feature Bada, Baek Gu-young, Baby Zoo, and Kasper competing in a final showdown for the sole championship trophy. Alongside the ‘CHEER PERFORMANCE MISSION’ to determine the ultimate winner, diverse special stages are scheduled, ranging from battle performances by national breaking athletes and an all-member stage by 10 choreographers to mega-crew performances by global top-tier crews.
The finale will kick off with national breaking athletes. Hong Ten, a living legend of breaking and an Asian Games silver medalist, along with Yeri, South Korea’s first national b-girl, will deliver a special battle performance. This holds even deeper meaning as national athletes who have experienced actual competitive arenas will express the core value of the final mission—’the power of support’—through dance. They are expected to open the finale with intense energy and overwhelming performance.
Special stages by dance crews recognized on the global stage have also been prepared. The Stories, where Jung Min-jun serves as sub-director, is a powerhouse crew that has won the prestigious American dance competition ‘VIBE Dance Competition’ twice. COMEHERE, led by Hash, also proved its global competitiveness by advancing to the finals of season 21 of the major American audition program ‘America’s Got Talent’. High expectations surround the synergy that these two crews, possessing distinct personalities and styles, will create through their mega-crew performance.
The complete-ensemble stage featuring 10 choreographers representing ‘SDPA’ will also be unveiled. Nine, Renan, Bada, Baek Gu-young, Baby Zoo, Shimis, Ingyu, Jung Min-jun, Kasper, and Hash will gather in one place to perform in sync with the official title track ‘Royalty (Prod. By !llmind)’. Having left a strong impression by revealing their individual personalities and capabilities through the title sequence film mission, these choreographers are expected to deliver special emotion and thrilling catharsis to fans by showcasing perfect harmony on a single stage.
The ‘Super Kids Direct Mission’, which sparked massive buzz during its broadcast, will be reborn as a special stage. The performance films originally completed by 3-member and 4-member teams will be linked into a single stage to present a brand-new version. Notably, prodigy dancer Yurichika, who captured global attention with peerless skills, and Shin, who showcased presence through afro vibes, will step onto the stage directly to deliver vivid energy. Interest is gathering on how the previously video-released performances will be reborn in a live setting.
Thus, this finale transcends a mere competition to crown the ultimate winner, shaping into a festival where choreographers and dancers who have journeyed together through ‘SDPA’ mingle as one. Along with the personality-packed performances of each team born amid fierce competition, special collaborative performances exclusive to the finale will deliver abundant spectacles until the very end.
‘SDPA’ production staff stated, “This finale will go beyond a simple survival showdown, serving as a massive performance festival where all choreographers, dancers, and viewers who completed ‘SDPA’ together can enjoy themselves. Not only competition stages but also unprecedented, top-tier special stages will pour out continuously, so we hope you stay with us until the very end of the final festival.”
